The world's largest oil company takes heat from major state government pension fund investors for not owning up to an obligation to address global warming.
"The coalition of 17 institutional investors, which includes California Treasurer Phil Angelides and Controller Steve Westly, (both gubernatorial candidates in June's Democratic primary)demanded a meeting with independent directors at Exxon Mobil to explain the company's strategy on climate change, including future investments in alternative energy.
'Companies such BP and Shell have been stepping up. Exxon Mobil has not,' Karen Greene Ross, California deputy controller for investments, said during a telephone news conference. The six other states whose pension fund trustees are participating are Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania and Vermont.
In March, a report by Ceres, a coalition of investor, environmental and public interest groups, ranked Exxon Mobil as tied for eighth place among 20 major oil companies for their corporate governance practices on climate change."
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